Jan the Man

I have four equally cute and equally wonderful sons, and I will say right here at the start - in black and white that I LOVE EACH OF THEM EQUALLY. Got that, "equality" is the theme I'm going for here. That being said, I really just have to brag about Jan for a minute. He is a classic middle child. Very creative, happy, attention seeking, peacemaking, etc. He is an all around great kid. He became my hero when he volunteered to coach Leah's soccer team that was made up of 3rd-5th grade girls.

The girls really responded well to Jan and his friends and they turned a bunch of giggly girls in to a lean, mean scorin' machine. They took on the responsibility of practicing 2 times a week and playing 2 games a week on top of that. The part I loved best is that they would give the girls a chance to play any position they wanted and had tons more patience with them than any parent-coach could have.

We even made it to the championship game! The coaching staff wore special shirts to the game. How cute is that? Is it just me, or is Jan drop dead handsome?

We ended up losing that game by one point, it was very close, and we lost to a team we had lost to by 5 points earlier in the season. Leah was pretty excited to take second place.

Jordie's championship game was played on the same field right after Leah's. He wasn't as happy about his second place medal (if you look really close, you can tell).

Thanks coach Jan, for taking 12 girls, teaching them soccer skills and turning them into a team. You did it without being asked and without being paid, you really are awesome and I love you! (and I'm pretty sure just about every little girl on your team does too!)I've said it before, and I'll say it again, "Jan, You are the man!"